Shakespeare's Sonnets (Arden Shakespeare. Third Series (Cloth)) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 017443474X ISBN 13: 9780174434740

Publisher: Arden Shakespeare, 1997

Synopsis

This Arden edition of Shakespeare's sonnets is closely based on the 1609 Quarto. As Katherine Duncan-Jones demonstrates, this text was authorized by Shakespeare himself, and may be based on an authorial manuscript. The whole carefully-ordered sequence, including "A Lover's Complaint", is read in the context of Shakespeare's career and of the poems' historical setting within early Jacobean culture. A clear-eyed analysis of homoerotic elements in the sonnets puts an end to the century of homophobic readings initiated by Sir Sidney Lee in 1897. Succinct and accessible notes guide the reader through complex vocabulary and syntax, as well as the poems' literary and cultural background. For ease of reference, these are printed on the same page-opening as the text.

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Review:

"They are the work of someone whose ear is unerring." --W.H. Auden

"He is writing about the world, the largeness of which he had perhaps only recently discovered." --Mark Van Doren

"The striking peculiarity of Shakespeare's mind was its generic quality, its power to communicate with all other minds." --William Hazlitt

"Shakespeare is the greatest university of all." --William Carlos Williams

They are the work of someone whose ear is unerring. "W.H. Auden"

He is writing about the world, the largeness of which he had perhaps only recently discovered. "Mark Van Doren"

The striking peculiarity of Shakespeare's mind was its generic quality, its power to communicate with all other minds. "William Hazlitt"

Shakespeare is the greatest university of all. "William Carlos Williams""

"They are the work of someone whose ear is unerring." --W.H. Auden

"He is writing about the world, the largeness of which he had perhaps only recently discovered." --Mark Van Doren

"The striking peculiarity of Shakespeare's mind was its generic quality, its power to communicate with all other minds." --William Hazlitt

"Shakespeare is the greatest university of all." --William Carlos Williams

From the Author:

Moral and immoral remarks and comments
I think this book of poetry really fulfills the needs of teenagers alike all over the world. My intention before authorizing this canonizing book of illustrious poems was to share with the world the genius that William Shakespeare truly was. Thank You and please very much enjoy my entry and my collection of beautiful interpretations and analyzations. Written by Justin Pattner, eleventh grade student at Horace Mann in the Bronx,New York. Thank you for your time and efforts in reading my comments.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arden Shakespeare
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 017443474X
• ISBN 13: 9780174434740
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 485
• Editor: Duncan-Jones Katherine